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Sustainable Sourcing Agricultural Raw Materials Summit Conference Agenda
DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY 21st JANUARY
| 08.30 |
Coffee & Registration |
| 09.00 |
CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS |
Defining ‘Sustainability’ In The Context Of Sourcing Raw Materials & Ingredients
There is no one answer to sustainable sourcing - It is a journey.
To be successful, corporations need to change the way in which they interact with their producers because sustainability is not just about finding the ingredients; it is about sourcing the right ingredients.
The chair will set the context for the conference by defining the key cross-commodity sustainable sourcing issues including:
- Food security - Availability of economically viable agricultural raw materials
- Land use, deforestation and biodiversity
- Food safety - Including GMO
- Water scarcity & managing carbon footprints
- Social, ethical, economic & political concerns surrounding sustainability
Dennis Macray, Director of Ethical Sourcing & Global Responsibility, Starbuck Coffee Company
UNDERSTANDING THE BUSINESS DRIVERS & BENEFITS OF
SUSTAINABLE SOURCING
Why Do It, Why Is It Important?
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| 09.20 |
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF A SELLER’S MARKET |
Appraising The Benefits Of Adopting A Sustainable Sourcing Approach To Raw Materials For Food & Drinks Ingredients
- Why do it?
- Analysing the potential for commodity prices and how a more sustainable approach could help with fluctuating prices
- Formulating strategies for businesses to tackle these issues - Should we be moving towards a ‘value chain’ approach?
- Outlining the major benefits of a sustainable approach to sourcing raw materials for business
Jan Kees Vis, Director of Sustainable Agriculture, Unilever
Simon Houghton-Dodd, Head of Quality & Sustainability, Tate & Lyle Sugars
Simon Rilatt, Group Director of Seafood Sustainability, FoodVest
Jonathan Horrell, Corporate Affairs Director, Kraft Foods
Carmine De Somma, Senior VP of Sustainability and Agribusiness, Saputo Inc
Dr Richard Brown, Global Head Of Product Stewardship & Sustainable Agriculture Syngenta
| ESTABLISHING THE BUSINESS CASE: HOW A SUSTAINABLE SOURCING APPROACH CONTRIBUTES TO THE BOTTOM LINE |
| 10.00 |
STAKEHOLDER PANEL DISCUSSION: ROUTE-MAPPING A BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE SOURCING |
Outlining The Business Case For A Sustainable Approach To Sourcing Agricultural Raw Materials That Can Also Be Profitable
- Evaluating if a sustainable sourcing policy can be profitable: Where has it worked?
- Pinpointing how sustainable sourcing is being successfully executed
- Pinpointing what suppliers are looking for from their customers and producers in the context of workable sustainable souring strategies
- Safeguarding your business through a greater ability to predict potential raw materials shortages
- What will the future hold for agricultural commodity markets and how best to protect your organisation and develop robust sustainable sourcing strategies
- Establishing effective methods of working together towards a common sustainable sourcing objective
Mike Barry, Head of CSR, Marks & Spencer
Kim Callis, Group Leader for Global Sustainability, General Mills
Richard Heathcote, Sustainable Development Manager, Scottish & Newcastle
Kathy Larson, VP Sustainability, Frontier Natural Products Co-op
Edward Millard, Senior Manager, Sustainable Landscapes, Sustainable Agriculture Division, Rainforest Alliance
| 11.10 |
CASE STUDY: WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE FARMING ANYWAY? |
Adopting A Holistic Approach To Sourcing Apples & Barley
- Addressing the key questions – Feed the world, better quality, premiumisation, locally sourced
- Poles apart – GM vs. organic and all that lies in-between
- Understanding the role of science – Carbon emissions or sequestration
- The role of soil and the role of nature
- Clarifying the business drivers – Retailers, fertiliser/pesticides, costs & impacts, consumers
- Establishing the challenges for orchards & barley – Cost vs. yield vs. impact
- Is there an emerging consensus? It’s about improving a balanced scorecard, but what is the scorecard?
Richard Heathcote, Sustainable Development Manager, Scottish & Newcastle
| 11.50 |
STREAMED BREAK OUT SESSION |
How To Create Sustainability On The Ground In Your
Commodity Supply Chain
Facilitated and led by
Strategic Environmental Consulting |
GROUP A PALM OIL
(12.OO – 12.40) |
Meeting The Challenges Of Managing Palm Oil From Grower To Consumer Product |
Group B SOY
(12.00 – 12.40) |
Soy: How Do We Balance The Conflicting Priorities Of Food Security, Sustainability & Secure Supply |
GROUP C COFFEE AND COCOA
(12.00 – 12.40) |
Making The Triple Bottom Line Real For The Cocoa & Coffee Value Chain |
GROUP D CROSS COMMODITY
(12.00 – 12.40) |
Strategies For Managing Multiple Commodity Supply Chains |
FEEDBACK TO THE ENTIRE GROUP
(12.40 – 13.00) |
Summary: Formulating Common Standards For Reaching Through The Supply Chain |
| 13.00 |
Lunch & Networking Break |
| 14.00 |
CASE STUDY: RATIFYING THE BUSINESS CASE BY STRIPPING OUT COSTS AND ADDING VALUE TO BRANDS |
Evaluating A Corporate Sustainable Sourcing Approach. Improving Livelihoods In The Supply Chain Whilst Adding Further Value To Your Brand
- Detailing and clarifying the measurement criteria to assess against
- Balancing the criteria to achieve the most sustainable sourcing decision possible
- Adopting the ability to assess the criteria beyond the obvious initial impacts
- Analysing how you can develop the measurement criteria into supplier benchmarking criteria
- Optimising your measurement processes to understand your impacts properly
- Assessing how you can improve on sustainable sourcing once metrics have been established & rolled out
Kim Callis, Group Leader For Global Sustainability, General Mills
| 15.20 |
CASE STUDY: EXAMINING THE CRITERIA OF ‘SUSTAINABILITY’ |
Building Sustainability Into A Coffee Supply Chain - Defining The Criteria and What It Looks Like
- Establishing why sustainability is important to coffee sourcing and how it can be measured
- Analysing the results seen to date - reviewing the tools and criteria used
- Assessing the impacts seen to date as a result of a sustainable approach
- Lessons for a wider, multi-commodity perspective
Jonathan Horrell, Corporate Affairs Director, Kraft Foods
| 16.00 |
Afternoon Tea & Networking Break |
| 16.30 |
CASE STUDY: ROLLING-OUT SUSTAINABILITY METRICS THROUGH YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN |
Examining How To Expedite Sustainable Sourcing Metrics Through Your Supply Chain & Further Develop Your Sustainability Measurement Criteria
- End-to-end communication and collaboration for total supply chain engagement
- Establishing and communicating joint sustainable sourcing objectives
- Understanding the importance of clarity on your suppliers/customers challenges
- Ensuring a smooth roll-out for your sustainable sourcing objectives through the supply chain
Annette Hansen, Quality Director, Danisco
| 17.00 |
Assessing Future Technology Solutions For Managing Sustainable Food Production |
Richard Brown, Global Head Of Product Stewardship & Sustainable Agriculture, Syngenta
| 17.25 |
Questions & Discussion |
| 17.30 |
THE ROLE OF TRACEABILITY IN FISH VALUE CHAINS |
The Role Of Traceability In Fish Value Chains: Designing And Implementing Traceability Systems To Demonstrate Compliance, Ensure Supply Chain Resilience And Create Brand Value
- What does traceability mean for fish value chains?
- Success factors in traceability systems and technology for fish value chains
- The role of traceability in ensuring the resilience of supply chains - Using traceability to demonstrate compliance and Corporate Responsibility
Ellen Morrison, Principle Researcher, DNV Research & Innovation
| 17.55 |
Chair’s Closing Remarks & Close Of Day One |
| 18.00 – 19.45 |
Sponsored Networking Cocktail Reception |
| 20.00 |
Sponsored Speaker Dinner |
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DAY TWO: THURSDAY 22nd JANUARY 2009
| 08.30 |
Coffee & Registration |
| 08.50 |
CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS:
The Chair will re-cap on the previous days discussions and findings, and introduce the issues and themes under consideration during day two of the conference.
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ASSESSING CROSS-COMMODITY SOLUTIONS FOR A HOLISTIC
BUSINESS STRATEGY TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE SOURCING OF RAW MATERIALS FOR FOOD & DRINKS INGREDIENTS |
| 09.00 |
CASE STUDY: TRACEABILITY FOR TRANSPARENCY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN |
Examining How To Expedite Sustainable Sourcing Metrics Through Your Supply Chain & Further Develop Your Sustainability Measurement Criteria
- Analysing traceability as a tool to address both the common and commodity-specific problems when sourcing raw materials for food and drink
- Evaluating methods that have seen success
- Pinpointing where traceability is currently found and working
- Establishing how to approach traceability as a solution in a more holistic way
Simon Houghton-Dodd, Head of Quality & Sustainability, Tate & Lyle Sugars
| 09.40 |
Instructing and Informing Your Supply Chain About Sustainability – A Solutions Based Case Study From Youngs Seafood |
- Transferable lessons from the seafood sector, what are the similarities with agricultural commodities and what can be learned?
- Communicating and marketing sustainability activity – supplier controls and internal controls
- In the seafood and fisheries sector there is a single standard of certification, whereas there are multiple certification systems in agriculture. What does this mean?
- What are the different options for engaging stakeholders in a joint effort on sustainability (including in business critical situations)
- What solutions can be used when there is no off-the-shelf solution?
- Building the process of engagement – ensuring all the stakeholders in the chain understand their responsibilities
Simon Rilatt, Group Director Of Seafood Sustainability, FoodVest
| 10.20 |
Morning Coffee & Networking Break |
| 10.50 |
CASE STUDY: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CRITERIA |
Integrating And Tracing Environmental And Social Criteria Into Commodity Production For Coffee
- Setting standards through multi-stakeholder processes – Competing in a world of standards without common industry platforms
- Establishing traceability - Independent verification and transparency through the supply chain
- Tracking performance, reporting goals and optimising the business case
- Engaging consumers globally to make a difference and maximise your marketing for sustainably sourced products
Dennis Macray, Director of Ethical Sourcing & Global Responsibility, Starbucks Coffee Company
Assessing Traceability Solutions For Sourcing Coffee in Uganda – Managing Social, Economic & Ethical Issues in the 21st Century
David Beingana, Managing Director, Tracesoft
| 12.00 |
Lunch & Networking Break |
| 13.15 |
LESSONS FROM PALM OIL |
Assessing Cost Effective Options For End Users To Support The Production Of Sustainable Commodities
- Enables end user companies to support the adoption of globally agreed sustainability standards for palm oil production through direct financial rewards
- Provides an attractive alternative to the physical segregation for palm oil and its derivatives through a complex supply chain
- Comprises an easy to use web based trading platform
- This is considered the least cost RSPO supply chain option, certificate prices are governed by freemarket force
Bob Norman, General Manager, GreenPalm Ltd
| 13.40 |
CASE STUDY: SUSTAINABLE COCOA SOURCING |
Evaluating A Sustainable Cocoa Sourcing Strategy & It’s Measurable Impacts For Application To A Cross-Commodity Perspective
- What are the inherent sourcing problems associated with this specific commodity, and do these translate to other commodity areas?
- What methods have been trialled to date, and are they working?
- Key learning to apply to a holistic multi-commodity solution for sustainable sourcing
Neil La Croix, Head of Supply Chain, Green & Blacks
| 14.15 |
CASE STUDY: SUSTAINABLE MILK SOURCING |
Milk Traceability – Communicating And Creating Value Around Upstream Knowledge and Control
This session will describe the traceability process for milk at Danone and will also explain how Danone have communicated and created value around their upstream knowledge and control. Henri-Xavier Benoist, Sourcing Supply and Development Director for Milk, will discuss a major sustainable sourcing programme done with 800 farmers in Normandy. In a major change programme, Danone has influenced farmers for them to change some aspects of the milk production at the farm and through that generated some functional, environmental and corporate value that could be leveraged through their marketing and communication actions.
Henri-Xavier Benoist, Sourcing, Supply and Development Director for Milk, Danone
| 14.55 |
Afternoon Tea & Networking Break |
| 15.25 |
CASE STUDY: UNDERSTANDING WATER USE IN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES PROCUREMENT |
Maximise Your Sustainable Sourcing Strategy By Encompassing Water-Usage As A Factor for Consideration
- Understanding water use throughout the supply chain
- Pinpointing where a difference can be made
- Building local capacity to manage complex sustainability issues in the supply chain
Andy Wales, Global Head of Sustainable Development, SABMiller
| 16.05 |
MULTI-COMMIDITY PANEL DISCUSSION: WILL WE EVER SEE A MULTI-COMMODITY ROUNDTABLE? |
Setting the Agenda For A Move Towards A Multi-Commodity Solution
- Establishing a coordinated approach to commodity specific and common issues
- Balancing the perspectives of all the stakeholders and outlining what is truly important to attain a common objective
- Where to start: Which commodities could be coordinated and how?
Richard Perkins, Senior Policy Advisor – Agricultural Supply Chains, WWF UK
Clare Oxborrow, Food Campaigner, Friends Of The Earth
Dennis Macray, Director of Ethical Sourcing & Global Responsibility, Starbucks Coffee Company
Sophie Tranchall, Managing Director, Divine Chocolate Ltd.
| 16.50 |
Chair’s Closing Remarks |
| 17.00 |
Close Of Conference |
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Jan Kees Vis, DIrector Sustainable Agriculture, Unilever and Chair for the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Mike Barry, Head of CSR, Marks and Spencer
David Croft, Director for Sustainability, Cadbury
Andy Wales, Head of Sustainable Development, SABMiller
Richard Perkins, Senior Policy Advisor - Agricultural Supply Chains, WWF
Richard Heathcote, Sustainable Development Manager, Scottish & Newcastle UK
Jonathan Horrell,
Corporate Affairs Director, Kraft
Neil La Croix, Head of Supply Chain, Green and Blacks
Simon Houghton-Dodd, Head of Quality & Sustainability, Tate & Lyle Sugars UK
Dennis Macray, Director of Ethical Sourcing & Global Responsibility, Starbucks Coffee Company
Simon Rilatt, Group Director Seafood Sustainability, FoodVest
Carmine De Somma,
Senior VP of Sustainability
& Agribusiness, Saputo Inc
Clare Oxborrow, Food Campaigner, Friends Of The Earth
Annette Hansen, Quality Director, Danisco
David Beingana, Managing Director, TraceSoft
Bob Norman, General Manager, GreenPalm Ltd
Kathy Larson, VP Sustainability, Frontier Natural Products
Henri-Xavier Benoist, Sourcing, Supply and Development Director for Milk, Danone
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